Lok Sabha Elections 2024: "Candidate of the biggest party will be PM," says Jairam Ramesh, expresses confidence in clear majority

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh claimed in an interview with ANI that the candidate of the biggest party will be the PM as happened in 2004 and the name would be announced soon after the resultsHe also talked of the partys demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the Modani scam adding that a INDIA bloc government will form the committee within a monthExpressing confidence of the INDIA bloc winning the Lok Sabha polls he said INDIA Alliance will get a clear and decisive mandate in the Lok Sabha pollsAsked if party leader Rahul Gandhi is the Prime Ministerial face Jairam Ramesh who is party general secretary incharge of communications said It is not a beauty contest between persons We are a partybased democracy The question is which party or alliance will get the mandateindividuals are not that important Parties get the majority Party choose their leader and that leader becomes the PM In 2004 Manmohan Singhs name was declared within four days of Congress and its allies getting majority This time it wont even take 4 days The PMs name will be announced within two days he saidJairam further said that the MPs will choose no shortcuts in deciding the PM of the country it will be through a decisive mandate and the name will be announced within hours rather than even two days He made a parallel to the Lok Sabha Elections of 2004 stating that the candidate of the biggest party will be the PMRahul Gandhi is contesting Lok Sabha polls from two constituencies Wayanad and RaebareliJairam Ramesh said polling has been completed on 428 seats in five phases of Lok Sabha polls and 115 seats are remaining He took a jibe at the BJP and claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is nervous about BJPs prospectsBut it was clear in the first two phases South mein BJP Saaf Uttar Pashchim aur Uttar Bharat mein BJP half The INDIA Alliance will get a clear majority on June 4 It is clear from the speeches and body language of the PM that he is nervous Today also the Modani scam has been exposed We will form a JPC within a month The Prime Minister of the INDIA Alliance will be appointed within a day or two after the results After that we will form a JPC The PM has said himself that Ambani and Adani send money in tempos From where did the black money come even after you did demonetisation in 2016 One industrialist who has benefitted in the last 10 years is Gautam Adani he saidJairam Ramesh said that the results will be a repeat of 2004 Lok Sabha polls when ruling BJPled NDAs India Shinning campaign floppedHe also attacked the Modi government over the Agniveer schemeThe mandate of 2004 will be repeated in 2024 The BJP cannot even campaign in the remaining 115 seats They cannot go to Haryana and Punjab because the farmers are angry The PM did not fulfil the promises made to farmers organisations Seven hundred farmers died during the farmers agitation and the PM did not even pay any tribute The farmers have not forgotten this he saidFormer Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij accepted that tear gas was released with the help of drones Aginiveer is an issue in Himachal Pradesh We will get a clear and decisive mandate The people have understood that our Constitution is in danger The governments policies are against reservation Jairam Ramesh addedThe 2024 Lok Sabha elections are being held in seven phases from April 19 to June 1 The counting and results will be declared on June 4With inputs from ANI